The Morning After

Alhamdulillah, Irfan had a comfortable nights although he woke up a couple of times, not in pain, just making sure that he was in the right position. He was worried that he would turn to his side while asleep, and cause pain on the cut. No creaming, although he woke up extra early in the morning.

As for me and Anita, both of us were able to get some rest. Anita had a bit of a sniffle, more due to the worry that she had. She was glad that everything went OK. I cancelled my clinic today, an only left for work at around 10 in the morning. Irfan was properly awake by then.

After my rounds were done, I was surprised that Irfan was able to walk around at the hall, only with his top of course. No pain, except when he was passing urine. It stung a bit, but he would live .....

Appetite? Not half. He ate plenty already, and wanted more. No vomiting. We just let him play around during the day to tire him out before sleeping tonight. It looked like all of us would be sleeping at the lounge again. I have cancelled my afternoon clinic, an should be able to reach home early after the Friday prayers.

I would be on call on Saturday, when he would be at the hospital for his follow-up.

Was Quite a Struggle

It was quite a struggle to get Irfan to agree to have an IV line prior to his circumcision this morning. We were lucky that the anaesthetist was patient and we finally got him sedated via gas. He almost had a panic attack prior to sedation, despite being really calm all evening. He was on fact looking forward for the surgery when he woke up this morning.

We arrived at the Day Care Surgery at about 7.30 in the morning. Had him all set up. The wait was probably what got him panicked. And he was screaming when he was wheeled in.

I thought part of the problem was with me being present all the way into the operation room. Took is a while to get him ca enough for sedation. The rest of the procedure went on without a hitch. He was out 20 minutes later, fast asleep.

He woke up a while later and asked for Anita. He then dozed off after a while, and this time it was past midday before he awoke. Enough time for me to finish off my ward round. I have cancelled my clinics for today and tomorrow, so that I would have to rush around.

We finally brought him home at around 2 after he had some soup at the hospital cafeteria. He was again asleep during the drive home. The pain then started to come back by the time he was settled at home. A bit of painkiller then.

He was happy watching his cartoon when I wrote this entry. My parents just came to visit him earlier. He seemed to be in good spirit. Anyhow, I was prepared for a long night tonight .....

Big Day Tomorrow

Irfan appeared chirpy this evening as he greeted me at the door when I returned. He appeared to understand what would be in store tomorrow morning, which is good. He had been at his usual cheekiness all evening.

Hopefully he would be just as chirpy tomorrow morning as he was tonight. We would be leaving for the hospital very early tomorrow morning and I would be doing the driving before being joined by the drivers later. Idlan would go to school as usual. If everything went according to plan, we should be home by lunch tomorrow. I would then return for my ward round in the afternoon ......

Yup! All is done!

090607 - My Garden, originally uploaded by Haris Abdul Rahman.

As I said in last night's post, I was bracing myself for a busy day today. Reached UMMC well before 7.30, before Najib was called down. It happened to be a good friend of mine on duty today in the anaethesia room. He explained everything to my brother-in-law and kept me updated using SMS about the progress. The procedure took slightly longer than expected, but all was completed by 11.

He was transferred back to the ward before midday, while still half awake. He did complain of pain though when he came around but I thin it was mre to do with his low pain threshold rather than anything. He is fine now and expecting lunch. As for his brother Tariq, he opted for GA for his circumcision. He finally entered the operating theater around 11. The last I heard, he was at home already.

Irfan and Idlan is down with a flu this morning. Anita has been complaining about sore throat for the last couple of days. She is rather anxious since Idlan has his school concert this Saturday. She is concern he might not be well in time. Fingers crossed! Time for me to see what's up with the two boys then.

Update on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 2:07PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

Najib is being discharged today. He seems to be OK although rather 'manja'. He'll cope!